“Game of Thrones” and “Thor: The Dark World” helmer Alan Taylor has signed on to direct the pilot for a TV series adaptation of Larry Niven’s “Ringworld” book series at MGM.
Originally published in 1970, the story focuses on Louis Gridley Wu, who is celebrating turning 200 in a technologically advanced Earth in the distant future but finds himself perpetually bored.
He decides to accept an offer to join a woman and two aliens on a journey to explore Ringworld, the remote artificial ring beyond ‘Known Space.’
Akiva Goldsman is actively working on writing the pilot for the adaptation and has been consulting with Amazon and MGM executives about the project.
Source: Collider
